Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-09-16
CURRENT COMaIENT.
RATES IN VERMONT.

the through rates, or even to proportion
of the through rates. 1t is said they would
have been glad to do SO, il they could have
avoided the hearing. The evidence of
the tariffs submitted was so overwhelming |
in its unfairness to the people of Vermont
that no more evidence in behalf of the
grange side of the controversy was con
sidered necessary. An early and decisive
ruling from the commission Is hoped Tor.
Springfield Republican.
PROVINCIAL VS.. METROPOLITAN PAPERS. |
The provincial daily press, with much !
less space to give to general sensations, ms
a rule presents the news in truer per. |
spective. A good provincial paper is !
much better worth the reading than a
metropolitan paper, IT people did but
know it, for general intelligence as we'll as |
for local happenings. In so lar as the p,
provincial daily press has become sensa- |
tional, it is because OF competition with |
metropolitan daily papers, which drives |
the provincial daily to I'LL a want the
metropolitan daily creates. it IS pity
that metropoliran papers are able to sus
tain such large circulations at distant
points. Their influence is demoralizlng.
-WatcrburD 4 mCriCdn.
A QUESTION OF PROGRESSIVE POLITICS.
Now in all candor we ask HGTpCrS
ITccklu and the Springfield Republican,
for, living up in the county, we don't
claim to know much about wickedness-
il they really think that the prsponder-
ance in the republican ranks Is downward
instead of forward ard upward, and If the
democratic party now offers or ever has
offered any hope Of progressive politics
-RUttdnd Telegram.
TEMPERATE woRKINGMEN.
The workingmen of this city set a good
L.. f,i,
grounds Monday by torbiddng the sale Of
any liquor on the grounds. The result
was that they had one of the most peace
able and enjoyable picnics ever held and
though the gathering was immense In
size, not a single unpleasant scene oc-
Cured The worklngmen are setting
good example by their adherence to tenn
perance principles to great many who
think they are their betters. many
JUurndl.
QUESTIONS FOR THE DOCTORS.
Now, messieurs tie doctors, it is all
very well for you TO raise men from the
dead, and to cure violent diseases, and to
be letter perfect on saIcoma of the larnyN
and the bacteriology of aural furuncles
but what we want to know is, What
shall we eat and What shall we drink
and Wherewithal shall we be clothed
The Genties are seeking all these things,
and they propose to find them out, too.
1t surely ought to be possible for the doc
tors, at this late day, to tell definitely
whether coffee is a food or a poison, and
how sleeping apartment ought to be
ventilated. 1t will not do to fall back Oh
the old excuse that what is one mans
food is another mans poison. Constitu-
tons differ, doubtless, but not to that eX-
tent, Any particular chemical substance
nicotine or alcohol, for eXample-has a
certain liked unvaryiug effect on every
normal mucous membrane, and that eff
feet must be either beneficial or deleter
ious to the membrane and the system
| Which is Il, messeurS the doctors NY.
Commercial
MUGwUMr OPINION.
Mr.. Harrison is sensible, square oed
partisan, and his party might do worse
than to take him. But he lacks magnet
ism, aud the objection made by William
II. Seward to Stephen A. Douglass, that
| "his cuat-tailS are too near the ground,
applies in this case. Judge Gresham OF
the same state would run better-BOStOn
HCrdId.
SOLUTION OF THE MORMON PROBLEM
If Senator Edmuuds or his eminent and
prolific associate, Senator Blair, can secure
the passage of bill in the 50th Congress
providing for the establishment of modern
dry goods stores in Salt Lake City, with
bargain baskets aud remnant counters,
they will have the Mormon elders where
the wool is short. Such a system would
break up this wife plurality business in
six months-BOStOn GlObG.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IN VERMONT,
1t is certainly fact that is most appar
ent that our educational affairs require
looking after. Even here in Rutland, af-
ter school has begun, you can see scores of
children who are let run wild without any
care whatever about their educational
welfare. 1t is hoped that in this village
the parties who have school matters in
charge will see to il that the law is en-
forced. -Rutldnd TClCgrGm
AN ERA OF OFFICIAL HYPOCRISY.
1.-The rascals must CO." say the demo
cratic howlers. 81 will turn the rascals
out" promises the president. "This man
is a rascal" says the applicant for office of
| the neighbor whose place he wants, and
whom he knows to be worthy official
and a good citizen. The lie and tha sland-
er are the prerequisite for the hearing,
and are the beetle and wedge which open
the place for him. The president has
succeeded in bringing his own low stand
ard, and has made hypocrisy the first
| stepping stone 10 OlHce.-BOStOn IFuDct-
| Ter.
FATTED CALVES IN ORDER.
1t is reported that Iowa farmers are in
curing about farm property in Vermont
with the idea of coming back 10 the land of
their fathers. Hundreds of New England
people went West with the idea of coming
back az in after having acquired for
tune or competence, ana if the tide of mi
grafton is really turning, our old hill
towns may before long blossom as the
rose again. A New Highlander who has
lived on the Illinois prairies for many
years was in Massachusetts during the
summer, and told the writer that western
Massachusetts appeared to him para Use,
and that nothing would suit him better
than to return to his Old home IN the hills,
and end his life there. -Sprinqfcld Union.
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE RAILROAD FIGHT
Mr. Hazen introduced the Boston and
Maine bill into the Legislature this year
which is called by his name and he has
all the time been regarded as staunch
and nntAiling SupOrter Inst Meek I'll.